Fri Mar 31, 2023 – 5:32 pm EDT
ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) – A Georgia Democrat has gained national attention for strikingly candid remarks about her view of the state’s relationship with children, suggesting that “every single” one in the Peach State belongs to her as a lawmaker.
“The question that came to my mind is: Who is my child?” Democrat state Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook asked during a legislative debate on SB 233, the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act. “Every single child in Georgia. Every single one. Without exception. Not just my own. Not just the ones that I gave birth to.”
The remarks were highlighted by school choice activist Corey DeAngelis, and swiftly drew mockery and condemnation. Social media respondents argued that Westbrook was articulating a belief that the state supersedes parental authority in the upbringing of children, which conservatives have long attributed to liberals but is rarely acknowledged by elected officeholders.
Georgia Representative Anne Allen Westbrook (D): “Who is my child? Every single child in Georgia. Every single one. Without exception. Not just my own. Not just the ones that I gave birth to.” pic.twitter.com/63dAs12GSt
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) March 30,
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